Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources Department Greenway Committee
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 15, 2007 @ 6:00 p.m.
316 N. Academy St
Call to Order/Roll Call
Robert Bush called
the meeting to order at
Members
Present – Robert Bush, Candace Burt, Toby Kennedy, Greg Lytle, Bob Morris,
Sharon Ramsey, Dana Stockwell, David Wylie
Absent
– Reid Miner, Laurie Ringaert
Adoption of Minutes
The minutes for the
February meeting were reviewed by the Committee.
Toby Kennedy requested the following clarification on the White Oak crossing at
the Western Wake Expressway: That
sufficient width be provided for where the trail will
pass underneath the Western Wake Expressway bridge over the White Oak Creek.
Action: Greg Lytle made a motion to accept the
minutes of the
Public Speaks Out
None
Introductions
Staff introduced Chris Camp, Michael Pavin and Ken
Bryant from Lose and Associates and Carol Ashworth from Ashworth Environmental
Design.
Robert Bush introduced Leta
Huntsinger, Cameron Sweeney and Katherine Williams as new greenway committee
members whose term will begin with the April meeting.
Development Review (Greenway/Land Dedications)
The Park at Westlake – 06-REZ-36
This is
an initial zoning for 110.52 acres located in the Park at Westlake subdivision which is south of Optimist Farm
Road, east and west of West Lake Road and north and west of the South Cary
Water Reclamation Facility. The initial
zoning is associated with a citizen-initiated
annexation request. The property was developed in
# of Units - 89
Required
Dedication – not applicable as developed under
Staff
Recommendation
Work with original developer to secure 30’ wide greenway easements through
common open spaces along the western and eastern edges of this development.
Action: Toby Kennedy made a motion
to accept staff’s recommendation, Greg Lytle seconded the motion.
The motion carried unanimously.
This is a
request to re-zone 17.15 acres located northeast of the
# of Units – unknown
Required
Dedication – unknown
Staff
Recommendation
Approval of a payment-in-lieu in place of any required parkland dedication.
Approval for developer to construct to Town standards a
multi-use trail along the east side of Green Level to
Approval for developer to construct a private trail connection across Morris
Branch to proposed public greenway located on Town-owned park land north of
Morris Branch.
Approval for developer to donate to Town of
Action: Greg Lytle made a motion to accept staff’s recommendation, Candace Burt
seconded the motion, motion carried unanimously.
Manors at Green Level
This is a request to construct curb and
gutter and sidewalk along internal streets of a development within the
Southwest Area Plan (“the Plan”), rather than the ditch sections and secondary
trail systems required by the Plan. The
Town Council has requested that any site plans within the southwest area that
deviate from the guidelines specified by the Plan be brought to Council for
review.
The
property is located off of
# of Units – 74
Required
Dedication – 2.11 acres
Southwest
Area Plan
The Southwest Area Plan recommends development of secondary trail systems
within subdivision, in lieu of sidewalks.
Toby Kennedy objected to a proposed
private trail because the Greenway Committee had not had sufficient time to
review this trail alignment.
Action: Bob Morris made a motion to accept staff’s recommendation; Dana
Stockwell seconded the motion, the motion carried by a vote of 7-1.
New Business
Spring Daze
Spring Daze is Saturday, April 28th at
The road race is
Saturday, 14th at the Koka Booth Amphitheater. The committee sets up an information booth at
the race and members are asked to sign up for a time slot to help staff the
booth. Staff will send out a sign up list.
Sign Plan – Lose & Associates
Lose and
Associations presented information on their ideas for the sign plan and asked
for the committee’s feedback and ideas.
Committee Comments
Robert – Create a hierarchy of trail
entrance types; Capital projects at the parks with greenways to create a
central access point; Create a universal icon for all
greenways, but with a specific indicator on the icon for each greenway.
Toby – Develop a hierarchy of
information given on the signs; Smaller trails, include a small regional map to
the next two trailheads, larger greenways, larger map, include 2-3 points of
interest going left or right and mileage. Keep it simple; Use icons;
directional signs should be vertical.
Bob – Greenway rules/regulations
signs should be at the trail heads and also along the trails in the event
people do not access at the trail head.
Dave – GPS coordinates on the signs.
Dana – Signage on the road to
indicate greenways
Adjourn